WeChat and Line

[ghosthunter]

Who are 'THEY'?

THEY = telecoms like Globe and Smart (SUN is part of Smart).

[boybi]

So both telcos must be sponsoring one of each. WeChat and Line.

[badkuk]

THEY = telecoms like Globe and Smart (SUN is part of Smart).

+1

The cellphone market is already saturated, and competition is tight(thankfully) that's why they have all those cool call/text packages. They need a new source of income -- mobile data/surfing. And if there really isn't a need for it, they will invent one -- e.g. Facebook, LINE, WeChat.

The thing about LINE is that it's the first one that has a TVC; lakas ng backers nito

Regarding WeChat's "plan" : ganun naman talaga lahat e. Offer them cheap or free, saturate the market, kill the competition, get people hooked. Once you own the market, you're can do as you please.

[shadow]

diba viber or whatsapp eh partner na ng Globe ngayon?

[ghosthunter]

diba viber or whatsapp eh partner na ng Globe ngayon?

It doesn't really mean much because you can use Viber and WhatsApp even if you have a SMART mobile phone as long as you have a data plan or wifi connection.

[[archie]]

hmm Parang Facebook in a sense. pushing for more end users. risky but if the telecoms are sponsoring such apps, the cost might be justifiable to risk.

[1D4LV]

they are spying on their users.;)

there was a news that came out months ago on this.... that the installations contain malware.
not validated though.
kaya ako stick lang sa BBM and Viber.
and occassional Google Talk.

[shadow]

It doesn't really mean much because you can use Viber and WhatsApp even if you have a SMART mobile phone as long as you have a data plan or wifi connection.

but they bundled viber with their unli text yata for a day to their prepaid subscribers with no additional charge sa data